Walls Do Speak
A group of artists joined hands to restore abandoned structures in tourist hot-spots across Kashmir. But that is not all they intend to do....
Thailand: Sea, Sand and Sunshine
By: Shams Irfan
As the airbus began to descend towards Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport, a mélange of hues: green, neon, grey, blue and red, started to...
Trip to Valley of Shepherds
Muhammad Raafi
Route to Pahalgam never stops fascinating you. It is not only ‘picture perfect’, but equally intriguing, making one feel: whether it is meeting...
Next Tosamaidan?
After winding up its half-a-century-old gory shell-campaign at Tosamaidan in 2014, army is exploring alternative area. Bajpathri, the fascinating meadow between Pulwama, Budgam and...
Downtown’s Glory
Everybody thought it was suicidal to invest Rs 6 crore in hospitality sector in otherwise hostile downtown. Mohammad Raafi talks to the brother duo...
The Kak Hut
As equations changed with time, the lodge housing the erstwhile Prime Minister of Kashmir was acquired by the man whose father happened to build...
High-end Flight
In a move to woo high-end tourists to Kashmir, the state government recently flagged off an air service aimed to bypass the traffic snarls...
Dogra Grace
The derelict walls of Mubarak Mandi Complex in Jammu’s old city are witness to centuries of politics, power and intrigue. But with its restoration...
Tel Aviv Outhouse
Away from the Srinagar’s politics a small tourist spot in Pahalgham is heaven for Israeli tourists. They spend their days watching ‘birds’. Suhail A...
Renting Rides
It took bike enthusiast Basharat Ayaz Gilkar two years to convince authorities that renting bikes is legal in Kashmir. With already 40 bikes in...
Lotus: Yet to Bloom
Indu Dhungana
On April 6, 2014, I landed at the Srinagar airport in my first visit to the fabled ‘paradise on earth’ called Kashmir. The...
Weighted Down
At the end of every year state government and Amarnath Shrine Board thanks each other for conducting annual Amarnath Yatra successfully. But what they...
Tonga Tourism
Now, Kashmir’s hospitality sector is modern, sophisticated and fast. But imagine how tourism was conducted in Kashmir in the 1880s, in absence of proper...
Rolling Junction
Engineering confused him, designs disillusioned him before business completed him. And today, a Bandipora boy is successfully running a fast food hangout in Srinagar....
The Meadows
On Kashmir’s tourism map, Budgam’s meadows appear icing on the cake. Amid downpour, as Tourism Minister Mufti Sayeed’s choppers landed in the meadows, he...
